About James Koontz Expertise Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Amplifiers, Most anything Music related... Also most anything related to security, Fire and access control, as well as CCTV system.
Experience 20 years as a sound engineer, part time luthier, and general all around technical dude for many local bands. One of which was fairly large in the 80's and 90's with multiple recordings, and was the opening act for David Allen Coe, as well as got a nashville recording opportunity. The band disbanded before making it mainstream.
Organizations Loyal Order of the Moose, Boy Scouts,BMI
Publications Highlights for Children, Mystery Magazine,several online Publications, multiple cd's from various artists.
Education/Credentials I have 20 years experience, some electrical college experience. Studied Law, philosophy, and theology.
Awards and Honors well, too many to listm and none worth much more than a paperweight to hold down the ones that are on paper.
Expert: James Koontz Date: 9/28/2006 Subject: Guitar Buzz
Question Hello,
I'm a beginner acoustic player and right now I'm playing simple power chord progressions. One annoying thing I noticed from my practice is that no matter how hard I press on the strings, there is always a buzz. I also tried to place my fingers as close to the next fret as possible instead of putting them in the middle of the fret, but it still didn't work. What's the problem?
Answer well, it could be a number of issues, one in particular, that is more likely to be it, you are pressing too hard, and not really holding your hand correctly... There are many right and wrong ways to fret.. And it's easy to hold your hand wrong, the right way is a bit uncomfortable at first until you get used to it, but will help in keeping your fingers square on the strings, and get rid of the buzzing..
My suggestion is go to http://folkofthewood.com and check out the guitar lessons on there, they have a tutorial on hand postion that should help immensely..
